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TIME and MONEY always follow WHAT YOU VALUE most

I am constantly reminded of this throughout many of my conversations with leaders, business ...

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Advocates, Authenticity, Best Practices, Brand, Business Strategy, CEO, CEO Insights, Culture, Customer Centric, Customer Experience, Customer Feedback, Customer Focused, Customer Loyalty, Customer Obsessed, Customer Satisfaction, Engagement, Expectations, Helping, Increased Profitability, Innovation, Interaction, Leadership, Listening, Market Differentiation, Marketing, Mind Shift, Promises, Pull Marketing, Results, ROI, Sales, Social Media, Social Media for CEOs, Social Media for Executives, Social Networking, Storytelling, Strategy, Transparency, Trust, Voice of the Customer, WOM on Steroids, Word-of-Mouth, Word-of-Mouth Marketing

Think 180…your Business will STAND OUT…like Hotel Drisco

Everyone wants to be a little better (and different) than their competitors…maybe a lot ...

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Why INVESTING in Your Customers WINS today…and tomorrow

It doesn’t matter whether you are an investment advisor or product manager or the ...

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To Be CUSTOMER OBSESSED…“Burn the Ships”

Describing this is pretty simple…executing it seems to be incredibly difficult. The concept of ...

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How to Get MORE of your #1 ASSET…Your BEST Customers

When I talk to CEOs and Business Owners about their customers, they can always ...

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Experience Wins Over Quality and Selection…Two Examples

This past week we celebrated our 32nd wedding anniversary…a wonderful time of the year. ...

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Stop ENVYING your Competitors and Win Big

ENVY by definition means you are chasing something…wanting to be like something else. This ...

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Is there a “Dollar Shave” Deal Headed Your Way?

Unilever just realized that they “missed it” when it came to competition in their ...

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Why isn’t EVERY Company Customer Centric or OBSESSED…3 Reasons

There are very few business leaders I talk with that don’t tell me they ...

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Advocates, Best Practices, Brand, Business Strategy, CEO, CEO Insights, Culture, Customer Centric, Customer Experience, Customer Focused, Customer Loyalty, Customer Obsessed, Customer Satisfaction, Engagement, Expectations, Helping, Increased Profitability, Innovation, Interaction, Leadership, Market Differentiation, Mind Shift, Passion, Relationships, Results, ROI, Sales, Social Media, Strategy, Trust, Trusted Relationships, Voice of the Customer, WOM on Steroids, Word-of-Mouth

Why isn’t EVERY Company Customer Centric or OBSESSED…3 Reasons

There are very few business leaders I talk with that don’t tell me they ...

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